Day Service

Day Services

Our day services for adults and young people in Wood Green provide individual learning programmes to suit each student's learning needs. A variety of visual communication systems such as TEACCH are used to help the students to express themselves.

Activities

Students participate in a range of structured activities designed to enhance communication, independent living and leisure skills. These include basic education and language work; social and communication skills; arts and crafts, music, sport, cookery, swimming and other leisure activities. Students are also supported through our outreach service in college, employment, at home or in the community as an alternative to building based services if they so wish. Exhibitions of our users artwork are a regular feature of the day service.

The service base is a large Victorian house with a garden and workshop annexe. This gives students the necessary space to develop basic skills, areas for relaxation and an outdoor area for gardening.

User group

We cater for users on the autistic spectrum both low and high functioning autism/asperger, learning difficulties, mental health.

Psychology support

With the support of our in house psychology service, we attempt to balance the need for creativity and self-expression through behaviour management strategies to reduce anxiety.

Staffing

The staff team includes one manager, one deputy manager, two senior tutors, four tutors all of whom have undertaken a range of training including statutory training, specialist autism training and TEACCH. The manager is working towards NVQ4 management and tutors towards delivering learning programmes.

Opening Times

The day centre is open from 9.00am to 4.00pm, Monday to Friday and 12.00 noon to 6pm on Saturday's

The centre is closed for one week in the spring, two weeks in the summer and two weeks at Christmas. We are also closed on all bank holidays.

Outreach service is provided 7.00am to 10pm 52 weeks per year or to 12 midnight with agreement.

Seeking A Place

It you would like to have further information on day services, please contact the Manager on 020 8888 8182, to discuss a referral, diagnostic assessment, counselling or training please contact us.